Christmas-tree ornament, ornamental fabric, and the like



' Aug. 17,1926. 1,596,314

W. H. SCHNEIDER CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT, ORNAMENT FABRIC, AND THE LIKE Original Filed March 14 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

V 1 I ATTORNEYS Aug. 17 1926.

w. H. SCHNEIDER CHRISTMAS TREE bRNAMENT, ORNAMENT FABRI C, AND THE LIKE Original Filed March 144 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS invention to provi Patented Aug. 1 7, 1926,

UNITED sT res earsnr orsion WILLIAM CHRISTMAS-TREE QRNAMENT, on

Griginal application filed March This invention .relates to Christmas tree ornaments, ricsand the like.

one of the primary objects of. this el and improved It is mean complementary the nesting of subsequent flatte ing engagement bet cordance with the pres of tinsel or string or be interposed in su be there retained w volutions function'additionally to secure a bodies together. further object of the principle above wardly present invent tion of for uniting flex convolutions de a nov ible strands with the annular margins of other objects. in outprojecting relation thereto.

ion contempl in the a imp n. sonnnrnnn, or; M'ILW'AIIKEE, isconsin, Assioiioaro ARTHUR o.

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NAMEN'IAL FABRIC, AND THE-LIKEr 14,1325; Serial No. 15,483. Divided and'this application. *filed September 8, 1925."' Serial No. 55,191 f.

rovements in ornamental fabsuch convolutions of strands 0 tinsel or the ing of the con strands therein.

volutions This app Ihe ates the formannular marginal V the interposition in f string or like,' and the subsequent flattento retain such lication is a di vision of an application filed by 1116 on or about March 14th, and, as disclosed ther unite a plurality of bodies plurality It 1s employ production of a n the connecting stran h reference t Figu several Christmas tree orn paratory to their perman tion. 7

' Figu larged V ter of )OlIlt or union pr to each other of bodies re 1" represen parts of a scale showing in;

ance' with" this invention.

Figure 3 is a 'si ovel and ds of "which are 0 each other by mounted thereon and 1925 Serial oh convolutions and hether or not the con-"p No. 15,483 ein, it is possible to hollow or disc-like by the formation of circumferentially extending convolutions in portions; of their margins, such convolutions v and their ning to effect an interlockween the bodies. ent invention,

bristles or wire may In acstrands will this invention to described 1n the ornamental fab-' 2 is a detailview 'on section" oduced in accordolutions to engage an tions of such strands.

ts in side elevationthe novel and improve ament as assembled pre ent interconnec- 1 greatly en the characde elevation of "further f" ornament embodylng this lIW61 tion.

d ably nearly parallelth'es'e side portions 19 can besetsof convolutions may Figure Tis a side'elevation of the fabric structure shown in Figure 6.

,..Figure 8 is a view in plan of a novel ornament or medallion made in accordance with this invention Like parts are identified by thee-same reference charactersthroughout the several views. 1

Any two bodies having corresponding marginal flanges may be interconnected in accordance with the method more particularly disclosedin the above'identified parent application and 'claimedin a companion divisional :case. Furthermore, providing there is one body having convolutions in its periphery, any: other or flexible strand or the like receivable in such convolution may be joined to the: said body by compressingthe convolutions about said tongue or strand i In Figurel there referably formed 'nthe usual manner from sheet metal, preferably aluminum;Itingor copper foil 'or some other highly pliable and relatively non-resilient substance, such as paper; fiber or the like; i It willbenoted that the bell I5 formedwith radially ex- 'tending-' flanges 17." Thesamedieswhich forim the fiutingsl in the body'of-the bell'are preferably constructed to 'form convolutions 18 in its margin. i These vertical axis of the bell is normal." The vertical sides 19 of substantially parallel. Y The more device having a tongue is illustrated a i bell 15 'convol'utions lie in'jgeneral 1n a: common plane to whichthe the convolutions are prefer-- 'inade, the more uniform will be the resulting joint in the completed devicef A disc 25 is shown in Figure l't'obe provided with marginal convolutions, complenentaryjto those of the bell so that the two be nested together. Additional bodies or elements having convoluted margins may also benested with the bell and the disc, I 7 I have collapsed.

of the preferred materials for dicated type volutions from the flange ,shown; in Figure '1,

port the device in a a Christmas tree or the like.

After the convoluted margins of the bells and is fastened to their respective ends severalparts are in nestedrelation they are sub ected to pressure in a direction tending to flatten the convolutions whichthereupon vappearias showninFigure 2. In practice the entire periphery of the bodies so joined will not be as regular as the illustration in Figure 2, although there will usually be parts of the periphery in which the flattenvingwill occurto produce dovetailed or interlocked portions of practicallyperfect regularity. As is clearly shown in Figure 2, the side walls 19 ofithetwo articles 15 and 25 Thereby the abutting upper surfaces 20 of adjacent convolutions are brought into close proximity and vso likewise, are the under surfacesQl of. each convolutionbrought into close proximity with the corresponding surfaces of convolutions upon either sidethereof. Due to the great pressure with which this operation is preferably performed, and due to the inelasticity the articles thus joined, the result is a very rigid joint inherently re-enforced along radial lines and having great tensile strength due to the multiplicity of points at which the two articles 7 are interlocked.

Whenever convolutions of the above inare flattened and partic larly wherevertwobodies are joined by flattened convolutions, it is possible :to employ flattened convolutions to engage andretain a strand of cord, wire, bristles, or tinsel. Irrespective of their specific character, such strands will be designated herein by reference character 40.

In Figure 3 Ilia-ye illustrated a sphere etl constructed by joiningtwo hemispheres by interlocl iing convolutions which result in the production of a radial'flange 42. These conareused to clampingly retainpairs of strandseO which pass through them at right angles .in two or more directions. At each point where a pair of strands issue 42 of the sphere, one of the strands has been turned downwardly and used to support {a small bell 50, while the other strand has been turned upwardly or brought ,to a common .point 5]. wiere the ends are knotted and'may be used to support theentire ornament.

Figure 4 shows two bells similar to that and skeletonized bycutting away their side portion at l6. These bells :are joined by aradial fiangetQformed in the manner already described by compressing the nested convolutions -.in to dove tailed relation. A staple 43 servestosuppendant position from Within the bells is a sphere s ilslforme'd in the manner already described and having :radial flange 42 in clamping relation upon .S rahd 40 which extends axially through the united spheres are so the .ous that the ;in Figure 8 .theunion of the bells render sphere 4:1 visible and ifflne wireorthread.isused tor the strand .40 it will have su'fflcicnt torsional resilience to permit the sphere 4-1 to rotate ithin the bells when a draft .of air is directed upon the flange i2, projecting at one side thereof.

In Figure 5 the two bells L8 and 49 are not directly joined but their convoluted margins have-:be'enflattened toretain portions 'ofthe same-strands lfl-which, win-this view, illustrated as being {formed oftinsel. Since the tinsel-is engagedin the flange portions 42 of=both of thesebell'sit holds the bell s together inspaced relation and renders visible thesphere 4-1 supported:therein in the same manner est-he sphere shown'in Figure 4.

In Figures 6 and 7 I have illustrated a fragment of a novel and very decorative h tl t" l 40 f l l iitolle, 1e s iancs Oi wire 1 may com theirnested convoluted margins in the manner above described to retain strands 40 passing therethrough at rightangles. The positioned and constructed as to :hold each section and inasmuchas the spheres, if made of aluminum foil or tl16 llk,=\7lll have light reflecting surfaces lendingthemselves readil to the application of color, it will be OlJVl fabric ,as a whole will have a pleasing and decorativeappearance.

Obviously it is not-necessary to use hemi spheresto unitetheintersecting strands since single disc at each intersection will have its convolutions engaged with the transversely extending strands to hold'them in their iproper relative positions. Various other forms of bodies may-also be used for this purpose, the only requisitebeing the fOI'1T12tl3lOI1;Of Er -convolution in the margins of each such body which may be flattened into engagementwith the transversely extending strand. Figure 8 shows a single disc such as construction in which that shown at 25 in pairof strands at their interi Figure 1 is provided with a .seri-es-ofradially V disposed bristles or tinsel strips d5, each being laid into convolution -.of :the disc and the convolutions being subsequently flattened to retain frictionally the strands 45. Such a device presents a brilliant sunburst or medallion efiect as is -,clear ly :shown and is adapted for use a a novel type of Christmas tree ornament.

.l a m.: v 1. As a new article of nanufacture,-a ;device comprising a body having a convoluer; p n ng to its ma i and en d in provide integrally opposing wall surfaces, and a strand engaged in the flattened convolution between said surfaces.

2. As a new article of manufacture a device comprising a body formed with a plurality of substantially radial convolutions each flattened to provide integrally connected opposing wall surfaces, and outwardly extending strands secured to said body through engagement between the opposing wall surfaces of the several flattened convolutions.

'3. As a new article of manufacture, a device comprising a pair of bodies having corresponding margins formed to provide nested convolutions flattened into interlocking engagement, together with an element clamped between the'interlocked margins of said bodies, said element comprising a flexible strand.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, a

fabric comprising a plurality of intersecting strands and securing devices at the inter sections of said strands each comprising a body having convoluted margins flattened into engagement with adjacent portionsof said strands whereby to maintain said strands in predetermined relative positions.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a fabric comprising a plurality of intersecting flexible strands and two bodies clamped together in engagement with said strands at each of their points of intersection whereby to maintain said strands in predetermined relation. 7

6. As a new article of manufacture, a

fabric comprising a plurality ofintersecting strands and securing devices comprising bodies disposed on opposite sides of said strands at their several points of intersection and interlocked together to engage intersecting strands therebetween whereby to maintain said intersecting strands in predetermined relation.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a fabric comprising a plurality of intersecting flexible strands and two bodies clamped together in engagement with said strands at each of their points of intersection whereby to maintain said strands in predetermined relation, said bodies being of an ornamental character with light reflecting surfaces.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a'

fabric comprising a plurality of flexible intersecting strands and bodies respectively positioned in clamping engagement with said strands at their several points of intersection each such body comprising two parts having complementary marginal convolutions'formed with interlocked convolutions.

9. As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental fabric comprising a plurality of flexible intersecting strands and ornamental bodies respectively clamping said strands at their points of intersection, said bodies comprising lustrous metal elements having complementary margins formed to provide convolutions compressed into nested interlocked relation, said strands extending through said bodies intermediate said elements.

WILLIAM H. SCHNEIDER. 

